The pearl of Asia

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Title:: The pearl of Asia
Collection:: Southeast Asia Visions
Creator:: Child, Jacob T.
Date:: 1892
Extent:: 408 600dpi JPEG page images
Publisher:: Donohue, Henneberry and Co
Publication Place:: Chicago
Format:: Book
Contents:: Front Matter
I. Siam Proper- The Pearl of Asia.
II. Arrival at Bangkok-Scenery on the Menam.
III. Reception by His Majesty King Chulalongkorn.
IV. Characteristics of the Country and Habits of the People.
"V. Ayuthia, The Ancient Capital."
VI. Dining with the King.
VII. Wonderful Ruins of Angkor and Nagkon Wat.
VIII. The Supreme Palace and Royal Temples.
IX. Peculiar Manner of Scaring Away the Dragon.
X. The Water Rite.
XI. Ceremonies of Hair Cutting.
XII. Wat-Sa-Ket and the Siamese Golgotha.
XIII. A Siamese Execution.
XIV. Paddy (Rice) and its Cultivation.
XV. Excessive Taxation of the People.
XVI. The King's Instructions to His Son.
XVII. Funeral of a Chinese Mandarin.
XVIII. Royal Palaces at Bang-Pa-In and Ratburee.
XIX. The Legal Oath Administered to Witnesses.
XX. Installation of The Crown Prince.
XXI. Prominent Temples and Pagodas.
XXII. Buddhism in Siam.
"XXIII. A Translation from the Pongsawadan, or History of the Kings of Siam."
"XXIV. ""Taut Katin,"" or Wat Visiting"
XXV. Grand Display of the Royal Flotilla on the Menam.
XXVI. The Marriage Ceremony Among the Affitnent.
"XXVII. The Attap Palm, Tong Yang and Other Trees."
XXVIII. Holidays and Festivals.
"XXIX. Customs of the Siamese for the Dying and the Dead-Cremation, etc."
XXX. Practice of Medicine-Native Doctors.
"XXXI. Siamese Ploughs, Ox-Yokes, and Harrows."
XXXII. Brief Synopsis of Siamese History-A Translation.
XXXIII. FacSimile of Copy of His Majesty's Speech with Translation.
XXXIV. His Majesty's Birthday Festivities.
XXXV. The Money Standard of Siam.
XXXVI. The Press of Siam.
XXXVII. A Visit to Petchaburee; Its Palace-The Holy Mountain and Laos Village.

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